Product Manager - Hardware Platform

Anova•Blair, NE

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

Anova is seeking a Product Manager - Hardware Platform to join their Product Management team. This role will lead tactical product activities for one of Anova’s hardware verticals, Commercial Fuels or Industrial Gas & Chemical. The position involves owning day-to-day product functions such as market discovery, customer engagement, solution scoping, requirements definition, prototyping, field trials, and new product development and launch. The Product Manager will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers. This role reports to a Senior Hardware Product Manager.

Requirements

5+ years of professional experience in engineering, field operations, technical program management, or a closely adjacent technical/industrial function.
2–4 years specifically in product management with a clear track record of problem solving and shipping work that touched physical product.
Bachelor’s degree in product, engineering, business, or equivalent practical experience.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams (pilots, releases, ECOs) without losing track of details or stakeholders.
Strong customer-facing instincts: comfortable in the field, on the phone, and in a customer’s plant or yard; able to ask the questions behind the question.
Comfort with the data side of product work — pulling, organizing, and analyzing customer, business, and product data to inform decisions.
Clear written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with the Propane, Fuels, and/or Lubricants industries.
Direct exposure to IoT hardware, sensors, telematics, or industrial monitoring products.
Exposure to product analytics tools and customer feedback tooling.
Experience running pilots, beta programs, or controlled field trials with B2B customers.

Responsibilities

Own hardware platform decisions for a market vertical (commercial fuels or industrial gas/chem) as the product expert, influencing market strategy, steering the roadmap, and overseeing day-to-day product decisions within the product portfolio.
Identify and lead new product development opportunities through capturing Voice of Customer (VoC) and engaging the market through customer interactions, industry events, and market research.
Develop business cases and plan programs by identifying product-market-fit, analyzing pricing strategy, and engaging stakeholders to scope development effort and timelines.
Continually evaluate and improve current product solutions by identifying gaps, prioritizing feature additions/changes, and continually assessing underperforming products for enhancements.
Lead hardware device pilots and field trials, define success criteria, recruit customers, coordinate logistics, track outcomes, and inform go/no-go decisions.
Drive minor product design changes and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) from request through release — balancing prioritization of these requests against team capacity and roadmap timelines.
Lead new sensor compatibility releases, coordinating sensor support launches with suppliers, hardware and software engineering, and sales.
Coordinate and lead cross-functional initiatives across Anova through process-driven management approaches, clear and timely communication, and effective interpersonal skills.